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"Eminent domain" back atcha - Laurie Street - 6/29/2005 3:40:31 AM
- Its a silly publicity stunt - Donald - 6/29/2005 4:40:02 AM
  - Of course it is. So was the Boston Tea Party. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2005 7:17:13 PM
    - "Live Free or Die" -- NH State Motto - Fox - 6/29/2005 7:49:16 PM
      - Oh yeah?! - R.L. - 6/29/2005 8:32:40 PM
        
        Or from my home state of Alabama... - Larry J - 6/29/2005 9:33:49 PM
  - it sounds like the guy has the means and the desire to take it as far as he can. - Scott Evil - 6/29/2005 5:36:13 PM
  - re: Its a silly publicity stunt - Laurie Street - 6/29/2005 3:32:24 PM

The new president of Iran - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2005 7:25:02 PM
- I know moderates, and Rafsanjani was no moderate. - Tony - 6/29/2005 7:31:58 PM

1,744 - Donald - 6/29/2005 2:05:14 AM
- Are you sure that number is correct? What is your source? (n/t) - SDF - 6/29/2005 7:59:07 AM
  - He's posted the source before, but I don't have it handy. - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2005 7:23:36 PM

Hey, you treading water. Want an anvil? - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2005 7:40:32 PM
- Huh. What "massive tax"? - David F Mayer - 6/29/2005 6:38:12 AM
- Stupid, yes. 3% is now massive?? (n/t) - Tony - 6/28/2005 7:50:02 PM
  - That's an additional 3% on top of what they're already paying - Larry J - 6/28/2005 8:44:26 PM
  - Yeah. Why only 3%? - Scott Evil - 6/28/2005 8:24:25 PM
    - The 3% will make it a nice round 45% total. (n/t) - Lee - 6/29/2005 5:57:22 AM

Finally: Scientists to Begin Studying Kennewick Man - Donald - 6/29/2005 4:41:52 AM

Column by the prime minister of Iraq - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2005 7:05:31 PM

Good News From Iraq, Part 30 - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2005 11:11:00 PM
- W. finally tries to speak to war goals - E.P. Grondine - 6/28/2005 1:54:11 PM
  - You are, of course, aware... - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2005 6:30:30 PM

Well, it finally got ugly.... - FrankC (moderator) - 6/27/2005 7:25:35 PM
- Or others should mature a wee bit more. - Lee - 6/28/2005 5:33:00 AM
  - "Others" had significant parts of their families wiped out by the Nazis. - Mary Anne - 6/28/2005 12:21:27 PM
- re: Well, it finally got ugly.... - Daniel - 6/28/2005 4:54:10 AM
  - Daniel, I think highly of you....... - FrankC(moderator) - 6/28/2005 5:19:12 AM
    - thanks, and fair enough - Daniel - 6/28/2005 5:47:14 AM
- That explains the error message - Fox - 6/27/2005 9:27:13 PM
- I think even Madonna would agree. - Tony - 6/27/2005 7:59:47 PM

Radical wins in Iran - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 11:45:02 PM
- Two words: Florida and Ohio - E.P. Grondine - 6/27/2005 3:41:43 PM
  - And I'm not even going to comment on the idea of comparing the two elections. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2005 6:29:51 PM
    - I did not make that comparison (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 6/28/2005 3:04:00 AM
  - re: Three words: get over it. - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2005 6:28:44 PM
    - This nation is not over it - E.P. Grondine - 6/28/2005 3:16:11 AM
- Ah, democracy. Ain't it hell. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/27/2005 7:27:26 AM
- I wonder if Iran has been "written off"? - Gary - 6/27/2005 5:20:52 AM
  - More like a game of "see the future" - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/27/2005 6:36:19 AM
    - Summoning daemons - Gary - 6/28/2005 4:58:29 AM
- re: Radical wins in Iran - gbaikie - 6/27/2005 12:37:39 AM

Ruskies want a piece of the action - Buck Galaxy - 6/28/2005 4:39:44 AM

Ugly, Part 2 -- moved to Flame - Fox, as Moderator - 6/28/2005 1:41:48 AM
- re: I agree. Thank you Fox (n/t) - Johannes - 6/28/2005 4:32:10 AM
- :) well I respectfully disagree but we can debate it some where else... (n/t) - R.L. - 6/28/2005 2:00:00 AM

Brainwashing 101 - gbaikie - 6/28/2005 2:43:40 AM

Document shows Iran's business ties to Bin Laden - gbaikie - 6/28/2005 1:12:28 AM

Solomonic? - Fox - 6/27/2005 10:54:08 PM

From MSNBC "Report: U.S. in secret talks with Iraq insurgents" - David F Mayer - 6/26/2005 5:11:03 PM
- Shouldn't it read "Iraq insurgents in secret talks with US"? - Lee - 6/26/2005 7:42:44 PM
  - I didn't write it; I only quoted it. (n/t) - DFM - 6/27/2005 8:30:06 PM
- One would hope... - Donald - 6/26/2005 5:53:29 PM
  - The enemy is not monolithic... - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 9:44:19 PM
    - de-Bathification should not have beome de-Sunniazation - E.P. Grondine - 6/27/2005 3:51:32 PM
- Whoops. Forgot link. here it is - DFM - 6/26/2005 5:11:59 PM

Cold War monument to be razed? - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2005 8:25:35 AM
- What the right-wingers don't want you to know... - alcaray - 6/27/2005 4:13:08 PM
  - Sounds like capitalism at work... - R.L. - 6/27/2005 7:03:08 PM
- Gegen Kommunists? - Lee - 6/27/2005 3:38:36 PM

Glenn Reynolds makes an interesting observation on troop retention - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 5:45:35 AM
- It's anecdotal, and it's about transfer, not retention - pwokenyaw - 6/27/2005 3:41:59 PM
  - A lot depends on which service you're talking about. - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2005 6:38:08 PM
- Bonuses - Bowser - 6/26/2005 3:41:58 PM
  - Yes. - Mary Anne - 6/26/2005 4:17:07 PM
    - Try spending a little time with the military blogs. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 9:45:41 PM
      - OK. - Mary Anne - 6/26/2005 9:47:31 PM
        
        Be all you can be... - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 10:33:41 PM
        
        The Marine Corp. is meeting its recruitment quota. (n/t) - Lee - 6/27/2005 1:30:52 AM
        
        Marine Corps missed recruiting goals four months in a row - pwokenyaw - 6/27/2005 3:43:19 PM
        
        I heard it on ABC radio.....so you could be right. (n/t) - Lee - 6/27/2005 6:19:51 PM

1,742 - Donald - 6/27/2005 1:55:22 PM

Tet Offensive reporting - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 11:55:22 PM
- MSM to the rescue - Gary - 6/27/2005 4:59:11 AM
- Bush Administration reporting - Iraq, perhaps until 2017, but no quagmire? - Bowser, aka "Madonna" - 6/27/2005 4:17:29 AM

Not-so-strange bedfellows - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2005 10:50:22 PM
- re: Not-so-strange bedfellows, continued - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 11:20:21 PM
- Great spint, Tom: How much Palestinian land did Israel grab today? - E.P. Grondine - 6/25/2005 1:43:43 PM
  - Palestinian land - Tom Brosz - 6/25/2005 6:07:23 PM
    - re: Palestinian land - E.P. Grondine - 6/25/2005 7:31:11 PM
  - A good example - E.P. Grondine - 6/25/2005 2:11:35 PM
- re: Not-so-strange bedfellows - et - 6/25/2005 1:48:24 AM
  - re: Not-so-strange bedfellows - Tom Brosz - 6/25/2005 2:33:13 AM

The death of fiscal conservatism - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2005 8:26:27 AM
- Conservatives and fiscal irresponsibility - on purpose, on plan - Bowser - 6/24/2005 6:41:47 AM
- We need a BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT - David F Mayer - 6/23/2005 7:20:26 PM
  - As well as a taxpayers' bill of rights. - Lee - 6/24/2005 6:19:51 AM
    - Does that include sales tax? - Mary Anne - 6/26/2005 9:53:51 PM
- link surfing serendipity - Robert - 6/23/2005 4:49:39 PM
  - Say what? - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2005 6:52:36 PM
    - Randall Terry - Robert - 6/23/2005 7:52:52 PM
      - So where did you find the link, already? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2005 10:17:36 PM
        
        The term "link-surfing serendipity" tells you... - Robert - 6/23/2005 10:53:44 PM
        
        P.S. ALL online polls are crap. No exceptions. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2005 3:54:59 AM
        
        Okay, I'm really confused, now. - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2005 3:54:18 AM
        
        Sorry about that - Robert - 6/24/2005 6:25:37 PM
        
        re: Sorry about that - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2005 9:07:45 PM
        
        Military vs. legal - Robert - 6/25/2005 6:02:53 PM
        
        re: Military vs. legal - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 12:56:36 AM
        
        I don't think the mote was in your eye - Tony - 6/24/2005 3:39:07 PM
    - Google - phil - 6/23/2005 7:21:19 PM
  - "GOP candidate for Florida state senate"??? Yikes! (n/t) - alcaray - 6/23/2005 6:05:33 PM
- "Smaller government" - Donald - 6/23/2005 1:55:48 PM
  - Interesting anecdote - Sam F. - 6/24/2005 5:54:10 AM
  - "In a democracy the people get what the majority deserves." -- James Davidson (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/23/2005 7:23:09 PM
- Probably should have gone under Phil's "Arnold vs. GW" post below. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2005 8:28:58 AM

Bush Administration = Oil Administration - Eric - 6/26/2005 2:05:48 PM
- So would you rather have someone in power who was unaware of that? - Lee - 6/26/2005 7:46:30 PM

1,739 - Donald - 6/26/2005 6:31:18 PM

A couple of items linked at LGF - Tom Brosz - 6/26/2005 2:29:41 AM

FrankC(moderator) - FrankC (moderator) - 6/25/2005 7:26:27 PM
- What he said - Fox - 6/26/2005 1:39:47 AM
- This change respectfully duly noted. (n/t) - Bowser, aka "Madonna" - 6/26/2005 12:57:35 AM

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